Opinion

At its core, optogenetics uses light to control the activity of neurons. In the context of vision restoration, optogenetics works...

Optometry services have been subsidised by the Australian Government since Medicare (then Medibank) was first introduced in 1975. This has...

Glaucoma is estimated to cost Australia $4.3 billion every year by 2025,¹ as a result of an ageing population. Approximately...

A lower anti-VEGF treatment frequency for neovascular age related macular degeneration (nAMD) could prove a significant breakthrough in adherence –...

A case study involving an optometrist who repaid $80,000 to Medicare illustrates some common errors that can catch practitioners out....

When I was a medical student working at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital (Eye and Ear) Emergency Department...

The International Association for the Study of Pain recently updated its definition of pain for the first time since 1979...

By A/Prof Wilson Heriot Retinal detachments (RD) cause blindness when fluid flows through a tear or hole like a tyre...

Through my training and career, I’ve worked in 10 public hospital eye departments across Australia and New Zealand where an...

Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a vasoproliferative disorder of the premature retina that causes visual loss and blindness by the...